Zigzagging plants Play a recording of growing plants at high speed, and you will see plant spinning on their stems. Now a group of international researchers show in Physical Review X that plants doing this avoid the shade of their neighbours. The spinning movements from plants we mainly observe by climbing plants. Those try withContinue reading “Zigzagging plants”
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From growth to flowering
From growth to flowering During the transition from growth to flowering the growth centre is changing from form and function. Instead of leaves, it now will produce flowers. The team of George Coupland characterised what exactly changes and how the plant is regulating this. Growth centres are the reason that plants can grow new tissuesContinue reading “From growth to flowering”
How plants protect themselves against UV radiation
How plants protect themselves against UV radiation Plants also get harmed by the sun, especially by UV radiation. UV radiation damages not only their DNA, but also their proteins and lipids. Resulting in cell death, and wilting and yellowing of their leaves. It also leads to abnormal growth. Enough reasons for plants to avoid thisContinue reading “How plants protect themselves against UV radiation”
Flower symmetry
Flower symmetry Flowers come in different forms and shapes, but they all have symmetry. Chinese researchers show in Science Advances how plants regulate that symmetry. Flowers show different forms of symmetry. There are flowers of which each petal is identical to its neighbour, these flowers are multiple symmetrical. But you have also flowers that onlyContinue reading “Flower symmetry”
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